The Best Wedding Showers are Fun For Everyone In Attendance

When most girls think of attending a bridal shower, there is a feeling of dread. They imagine sitting around eating lettuce filled sandwiches and drinking lemonade, prattling on about boring topics. Everyone watches the bride open box after box filled with pots, spatulas, and slightly risqué lingerie. Once the pastel colored bows have filled up a paper plate large enough to make a hat for her, there is a trivia game and everyone goes home. It is old-fashioned and usually not fun for anyone under 80. If you are going to be hosting a wedding shower in the near future, there are a number of things you can do to create a classy event that pleases the senior relatives in attendance, but that does not bore the younger women to tears. You can focus on three major areas of the shower to create something that has some traditional elements, but also comes over as modern and chic. Create a menu featuring foods that are popular today. If you want to hold a luncheon for the ladies, serve loose leaf tea or organic black tea. You are serving a popular beverage from yesteryear with a modern twist and add finger foods that are more common today or serve the bride and groom’s favorite bar fare. You can really mix up the menu to create something unique and personalized, but still has a bridal shower quality to it.

Next, make sure you schedule activities that are fun for all. You can do the gift opening, but do not make it the main event. Encourage guests to give the bride a themed gift. Many brides today have been living on their own for years before they marry. They will already have towels and crockery, but may need some help with a particular product or event. For instance, brides can create a honeymoon registry that allows guests to contribute financially to the cost of their honeymoon. This way, the trip of their life can be had shortly after their marriage.

Finally, you can modernize your bridal shower by making it co-ed. Many of today’s showers are co-ed. It may be similar to the engagement party, but it is a great way to celebrate the happy couple. No one is excluded and it becomes a large event for family and friends to celebrate before the wedding. This is a great addition if the upcoming wedding is very formal. The shower is a casual chance to celebrate. You could still plan some games, or you could hold something like a backyard barbecue or game night. Determine how many people will be attending and make your decisions based on the guest list. There are plenty of options for modern, fun bridal showers.